I witnessed a live
truck hit a power line today... As a news photog, I've seen a lot of
scary stuff in my day... but I have *never* been as scared/surprised
as I was when that happened.

Apparently
a photog for KOAT (Albuquerque, NM) was moving their live truck .. with
the mast FULLY EXTENDED. He backed the mast directly into some power
lines -- about 15 feet from where he was parked in the first place.

Upon hearing the explosion, he opened the door of the vehicle as if
to get out.

Luckily, myself, a few other photogs, and the fire department (already
on scene for the initial call out) screamed at him to NOT MOVE. He stayed
in place, and while I surveyed the situation (I didn't really know what
to do - the FD was already there), I looked back over... to find him,
still in the live truck, with the mast still connected to the power
lines, on the truck cell phone.